Amazon may give viewers option of all-female commentary team for Premier League matches

Amazon already give the option of an all-female commentary team for its American football coverage in the USTimes Photographer Bradley Ormesher

Amazon may give viewers of its Premier League matches next year the option of choosing an all-female commentary team.

The platform already runs that system for its American football coverage in the United States, where viewers have a choice of commentators and it is understood to be considering it as an option for Premier League games.

Amazon has the rights to stream two full sets of fixtures for three years from next season. One round of fixtures will be in early December and the other around Boxing Day.

Alex Green, Amazon’s European managing director, said the all-female option for its Thursday night NFL coverage had been very popular in the US, as had an option for commentators with “Anglicised” accents — provided by the Scotsman Derek…

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